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Officials say 120 militants and at least 25 soldiers, five policemen and two dozen civilians have been killed in the fighting since early last week. Police are searching the suspect's vehicle, parked on the second floor. Dela Rosa said, in addition to firing gunshots, the attacker used gasoline to set gambling tables on fire. As news of the attack spread, U.S. President Donald Trump offered the thoughts and prayers of the American people to the Philippines.

Before the attack, he got out of the auto and entered the building with his rifle. He had stuffed chips totaling 113 million pesos ($2.3 million) in a backpack, but this had been recovered by police, he added. Trump said Thursday that "It is really very sad as to what's going on throughout the world with terror", falsely attributing the attack to terrorists.

Jeff Santos, a high roller at Resorts World Manila , said: "Even the security personnel panicked". Hundreds of guests and employees rushed out of the resort hotel around midnight Thursday (noon ET) after the masked gunman on the second floor began shooting a gun, hotel employees fleeing the scene told CNN Philippines .

And Trump's statement said it's not a matter of if he'll move the embassy but when. The Jerusalem Embassy Act passed by Congress in 1995 mandating relocation of embassy to Jerusalem allows the president to waive the requirement in accordance with US national security interests.

In his announcement Thursday afternoon that the USA would formally withdraw from the Paris pact, Mr. Trump claimed that the landmark climate agreement is "very unfair, at the highest level, to the United States " and expressed concern that the global deal would hinder us economic growth and energy markets, like the coal industry.

Berlin and Washington have traded barbs over numerous aspects of their relationship in the past few days. Mr. Trump also indicated that the U.S under him may withdraw from the Paris climate agreement. When a reporter asked Spicer to explain why Merkel said Europe "could no longer depend on the United States", Spicer disputed that claim. "What I said was simply to indicate that, here are even more reasons beyond those we already have that Europe needs to take its destiny into its ...

Spectators have always been advised to get to sporting events early and they could miss the key part of Thursday's Champions Trophy opener between England and Bangladesh at the Oval if they aren't in on time. Meanwhile, Bangladesh was handed a crushing 240 run defeat by defending champs India in their warm-up game at the Oval on Tuesday. Nine out of 10 times, when a team goes through such a rough patch, a quick comeback isn't the most realistic to expect.

The Paris Agreement commits signatories to efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming, which is blamed for melting ice caps and glaciers, rising sea levels and more violent weather events. In his memo to employees, Cook said he spoke to Trump on Tuesday to try to persuade him to keep the U.S.in the Paris deal. He said the US would try to negotiate re-entry on better terms.

The hunger-striking prisoners held talks with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Palestinian Authority, reaching an agreement on changes to some of the prisoners' conditions, Palestinian groups and an Israeli Prison Service statement said.

Senate in order to ram through a bill that would strip health coverage from an estimated 23 million people over the next decade and pass massive tax cuts for the nation's wealthiest individuals and corporations. The Senate, however, has invoked the so-called "nuclear option" in the past to get certain nominations - most recently of note Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch - through the Senate by a simple majority vote, but there is now no method for doing so with legislation.

Most importantly, developing nations abandoned their long-held notion that reducing greenhouse gas emissions was an obligation just for rich countries - the main reason that the George W. The ad said that climate change is both a "business risk" and a "business opportunity", and said continued participation in Paris will actually benefit the US economy and job growth.

Although Trump's move keeps the embassy in Tel Aviv for the foreseeable future, the White House said the president wasn't abandoning his repeated pledge to move it. The next test on the embassy will come six months from now, when Trump has to once again decide whether to go forward with the move. "Israel's stewardship of Jerusalem has been tremendous and has included guaranteeing religious freedom for Christians and Muslims as well as Jews - something that was nonexistent during the ...

The last time the monument's lights were turned off was on May 23, in tribute to the 22 persons killed and dozens wounded in the terror attack in Manchester, United Kingdom. Isis has targeted numerous religious minorities including Coptic Christians - who have been beheaded in Libya - and Sufi and Shia Muslims, who have been massacred across the Middle East.

The move, which the White House said was made in an effort to spur peace talks between Israeli and Palestinian officials, was expected but breaks with a promise Trump made during the 2016 campaign. The Jerusalem Embassy Act, which was was passed by Congress in 1995, requires the embassy be moved to Jerusalem, but allows the president to waive the requirement.

Fire trucks, ambulances and police cars rushed to the area, as loud gunfire were heard. The integrated resort complex boasts a bevy of attractions, including a casino, restaurants, bars, a shopping mall and a theater. "We can not attribute this to terrorism", national police chief dela Rosa said. Local media reports say parts of of the hotel-casino are on fire.

But the incident was most likely a robbery gone wrong, Dela Rosa said, pointing out the man did not shoot at anyone and appeared to be intent just on stealing gambling chips. " "We don't know the casualties", the officer said. I could not carry her". People ran screaming out of Resorts World Manila , which is across a road from one of the main terminals of the Philippines' global airport, after the man fired what police chief Ronald dela Rosa said was an M4 assault rifle.

Trudeau "also conveyed Canada's continued commitment to working internationally to address climate change ", it said. Criticism of his decision rolled in from blue-chip companies like Facebook Inc, Apple Inc, Ford Motor Co and Microsoft Corp, while the response from fossil fuel groups with the most to gain from a relaxation of US carbon emissions standards was muted.

According to the Axios website, the first to break the news citing two sources with direct knowledge of the matter, Trump has reached a decision to pull out of the landmark deal on cutting global carbon emissions to curb global warming.

Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit declined to lift an existing lower court blocking on Trump's travel order. "We have asked the Supreme Court to hear this important case and are confident that President Trump's executive order is well within his lawful authority to keep the nation safe and protect our communities from terrorism", Justice Department spokesperson Sarah Isgur Flores said , according to CNN.

A casino and event center in the Philippine capital of Manila is on lockdown amid reports of gunfire and explosions Thursday. It was not immediately clear how many people may have been injured or killed in the attack. "I can confirm that shots were fired", a Resorts World official, Stephen James Riley, told reporters. "There hasn't been anyone shot. there are only injuries from people who tried to escape in a stampede or from smoke", Dela Rosa said on DZMM radio.

In Friday's attack, the gunman stole gambling chips, shot TV screens and set gambling tables ablaze by pouring gasoline on them at Resorts World Manila , dela Rosa said. Trump was briefed by national security adviser H.R. McMaster on the Philippines incident before he went into the Rose Garden, a White House official said.

Michael Cohen (R), executive vice president of the Trump Organization and special counsel to Donald Trump , arrives at Trump Tower, on January 12, 2017 in New York City. National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster told reporters in an off-camera news conference over the weekend that he does not find backchannel communications with Russian Federation problematic.

US supporters of the pact said any pullout by Trump would represent an abdication of American leadership on a leading issue of our time and would show that the United States can not be trusted to follow through on global commitments. H said the deal gives advantages to countries like India and China. And, he stressed: "I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris ".

Precision-guided bombs were used earlier in airstrikes in Marawi's urban areas, but the military ran out of the high-tech munitions and used conventional ones in Wednesday's bombing run, he said. A Muslim separatist rebellion in the southern Philippines has killed more than 120,000 people since the 1970s. Abella also said Duterte could find a way to push through with the measure, despite an ongoing operation in Marawi City where terror group Maute clashed with government forces.

The four-time scoring champion is the biggest addition to a team favored to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Finals starting Thursday in Oakland, and he is not about to change anything in his approach. The Warriors are a ideal 12-0 in the 2017 playoffs, going 8-4 against the spread in the process. "It's a team game ". I've always wanted to - because I was in the National Basketball Association before him and when he came in, I watched him and things of that nature, even ...

Announcing the preliminary results, head of the election committee Ali Asghar Ahmadi said Rouhani had received 14.6 million of the votes counted, while his conservative opponent Ebrahim Raisi received 10.1 million. In Iran, security policy is dominated by conservative institutions overseen by Khamenei. But the outcome of the election could have more immediate repercussions across the Middle East.

Witnesses reported seeing injured people, including a SWAT member, who rushed to the scene and was reportedly fired upon by unidentified men. "He would have shot all the people gambling there" if it had been terrorism , said the national police chief, Gen.

Trump's decision means the US will join Nicaragua and Syria, the only other countries in the world to not sign onto the treaty. "And they won't be", Trump added as he tapped into the "America First" message he used when he was elected president a year ago.

Japan also said that the missile landed within its Exclusive Economic Zone, an area of water extended 200 nautical miles from the Japanese coast. Early on Monday morning, North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile that flew for six minutes until it crashed into the Sea of Japan.

It will be a process of nearly four years for the U.S.to withdraw from the agreement. "Removing the United States from the Paris Agreement is a reckless and indefensible action". German Chancellor Angela Merkel , responding to Trump, said she regretted the USA decision and would continue to work to "save our earth". Former U.S.

And the Frenchman believes the victory over Antonio Conte's Chelsea is proof enough that he is the right man to continue as Arsenal boss. "I am a forgiving man", he said. 'But in the game, you support the team, it's as simple as that'. That year, Wenger became the first manager in over 100 years to coach a top-flight team to an unbeaten season.

Russian meddling was just one of the many targets of Clinton's election-related exasperation in the candid discussion with journalists Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. She claimed that her campaign has data that demonstrates how "weaponized information" was used to influence the 2016 general election. Clinton has also placed partial blame on fake news about her being widely spread on Facebook and now ex-FBI director James Comey re-opening his probe into her misuse of government email.

The decision would put the United States at odds with almost every other nation on earth. In response to a question referencing Trump, Li responded: "Fighting climate change is a global consensus, not invented by China". The head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, who met with Trump on Tuesday, wants Washington to quit the Paris deal, which he believes is "bad" for the country.

And former United Nations climate chief Christiana Figueres, who helped preside over the talks to secure the agreement, said: "The real economy both in the USA and internationally must and will continue its decarbonisation trend, pulled much more strongly by market forces than held back by politics".

The Warriors and Cleveland have a storied past, to say the least. 2K Sports today released the results of its annual NBA Finals simulation using NBA 2K17 , and it's the Warriors who come out on top this year, defeating the Cavs in a thrilling seven-game series .

Hillary Clinton came prepared with more than one zinger about the mystery word of the day: Covfefe . "I think it's pretty hard not to". "The other side was using content that was just flat-out false and delivering it in a very personalized way, both sort of above the radar screen and below", Clinton said during an on-stage interview at the Code conference .

French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Premier Paolo Gentiloni said in a joint statement Thursday that they take note "with regret" the usa decision to pull out of the 2015 agreement. If the USA president disavows an agreement most of the world agrees with, US brands should show that they are environmental leaders, even if the country they call home is not.

An official told the news network that while a final decision has not been reached, the administration has prepared documents for both options. In truth, it was Netanyahu who indulged in gross mendacity, claiming that East Jerusalem had been "desolate" and "neglected" before its occupation.

And Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon, as well as EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt - both vehement opponents of the Obama administration's climate agenda and the Paris Agreement - are believed to have wielded a lot of influence on the president's final decision.

Tsar Peter I, Macron slyly noted, was a "symbol of a Russian Federation that wanted to open up to Europe". Last fall, Putin abruptly canceled a visit to France after Macron's predecessor, Francois Hollande, decried Russian bombings in the Syrian city of Aleppo as a "war crime".

U.S. officials the residue of the explosive found was different than that of the bomb, leading them to conclude a second explosive was at the scene. Isler said the GBU 38 bomb dropped on the building contained 192 pounds of explosives, not enough power to collapse the building.

Beyond that point, scientists worry that catastrophic impacts of warming become irreversible. He said the USA would "cease all implementation" of the accord, under which his predecessor Barack Obama had voluntarily agreed to reduce emissions by about 1.45 billion tonnes by 2025.

Anyone who knows the man in the photo or who has any information that could help with this investigation should contact the FBI's Washington field office at 202-278-2000. He was accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Joseph Dunford and Secretary of Defense James Mattis. He has gray and black hair that is short and spiky.

Ford spokeswoman Christin Baker said Thursday the No.2 US automaker believes " climate change is real , and remain deeply committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in our vehicles and our facilities". By leaving open the possibility of re-entering the agreement, he ended up on the more moderate end of the range of options the White house had been exploring.

Even assuming that countries fulfilled their Paris pledges-which, given emissions trends in several countries, is a big assumption-virtually every analysis has projected that emissions still would rise so high as to push average global temperatures more than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

May is expected to win comfortably, but her party's lead in opinion polls has narrowed sharply in the last week , calling into question her decision to call the unscheduled election seeking a strong endorsement of her Brexit strategy. "She is no longer guaranteed to get the landslide majority that she was originally setting out to get", said Mr. Curtice, a leading psephologist who is president of the British Polling Council.

ROME (AP) - President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement is a heavy blow to a deal that in many ways was created to ensure the participation of the United States, regardless of whether Democrats or Republicans control the White House.

But it was also an indication of how Bangladesh were more than just a team to be respected in sub-continental conditions, something they emphasised with wins over New Zealand and Ireland in a triangular warm-up tournament in Dublin this month.

But it's not just celebs that have been ripping the US President. First and foremost, on counter-terrorism, and I am sure that I do not have to explain why. "And we must be vigilant", Mr Trump told the summit. European leaders have been urging Trump not to abandon the USA commitment to cutting greenhouse gas emissions made when his predecessor Barack Obama signed up to the U.N.

Brown told The Associated Press on Wednesday that California will work with governments around the world to combat climate change even if Trump rolls back domestic environmental regulations. The Trump administration could withdraw from the entire United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, an global treaty ratified by the US Senate and signed by President George H.W.